μυθολογέω
μῡθολογ-έω,
2). c. acc.,
tell as a legend or
mythic tale,
μ. τοὺς πολέμους τῶν ἡμιθέων Isoc. 2.49 : c. inf., of an animal,
ὃν .. μυθολογοῦσι γενέσθαι ἐκ πυρκαϊᾶς which
they fable, fabulously report to derive its birth,
Arist. HA 609b10 ;
καθάπερ καὶ τὸν Μίδαν .. μυθολογοῦσι (sc.
ἀπολέσθαι)
Id. Pol. 1257b16 , cf.
1274a39 :— Pass.,
οἷαι μυθολογοῦνται παλαιαὶ γενέσθαι φύσεις such as they
are fabled to have been,
Pl. R. 588c , cf.
Arist. HA 617a5 : impers.,
μυθολογεῖται .. τοὺς Ἀργοναύτας τὸν Ἡρακλέα καταλιπεῖν the legend goes that .. ,
Id. Pol. 1284a22 ;
μ. περὶ τῆς ζωῆς ὡς ὂν μακρόβιον Id. HA 578b23 : abs.,
become mythical,
D. 60.9 , etc.;
τὰ μυθολογούμενα fabulous tales,
Arist. HA 578b24 , cf.
Pl. R. 378e .
II). invent like a mythical tale,
μ. πολιτείαν frame an imaginary constitution, ib.
501e .
ShortDef
to tell mythic tales
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Headword (normalized):
μυθολογέω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μυθολογεω
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μῡθολογ-έω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tell mythic tales</span>, such as those of Homer, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg016.perseus-grc1:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 6.24 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:392b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:392b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 392b </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Longin.</span> 34.2 </span>; <span class="quote greek">πολλὰ τοιαῦτα μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:493d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 493d </a> : folld. by a Relat., <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὡς</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 8.28 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὅτι</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg010.perseus-grc1:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Art.</span> 53 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> c. acc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tell as a legend</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mythic tale</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. τοὺς πολέμους τῶν ἡμιθέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg013.perseus-grc1:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg013.perseus-grc1:49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 2.49 </a> : c. inf., of an animal, <span class="foreign greek">ὃν .. μυθολογοῦσι γενέσθαι ἐκ πυρκαϊᾶς</span> which <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">they fable, fabulously report</span> to derive its birth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:609b:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:609b.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 609b10 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">καθάπερ καὶ τὸν Μίδαν .. μυθολογοῦσι</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">ἀπολέσθαι</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1257b:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1257b.16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1257b16 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1274a:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1274a.39/canonical-url/"> 1274a39 </a>:— Pass., <span class="foreign greek">οἷαι μυθολογοῦνται παλαιαὶ γενέσθαι φύσεις</span> such as they <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">are fabled</span> to have been, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:588c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:588c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 588c </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:617a:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:617a.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 617a5 </a>: impers., <span class="foreign greek">μυθολογεῖται .. τοὺς Ἀργοναύτας τὸν Ἡρακλέα καταλιπεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the legend goes</span> that .. , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1284a:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1284a.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1284a22 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μ. περὶ τῆς ζωῆς ὡς ὂν μακρόβιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:578b:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:578b.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 578b23 </a> : abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">become mythical</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg060.perseus-grc1:9" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg060.perseus-grc1:9/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 60.9 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ μυθολογούμενα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">fabulous tales</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:578b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:578b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 578b24 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:378e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:378e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 378e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">invent like a mythical tale</span>, <span class="foreign greek">μ. πολιτείαν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">frame an imaginary</span> constitution, ib. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:501e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:501e/canonical-url/"> 501e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tell stories, converse</span>, <span class="quote greek">περί τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:61e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:61e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 61e </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:276e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:276e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 276e </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">relate</span>, generally with a notion of exaggeration,[<span class="foreign greek">Αἴσωπος] ἐμυθολόγησεν ὡς</span> .. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:356b:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:356b.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 356b12 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0578.tlg001:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0578.tlg001:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nymphod.</span> 12 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων καλά</span> Polydeuces ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:2:12:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0638.tlg003:2:12:2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Philostr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">VS</span> 2.12.2 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}